1. What is intersex, how common is it and how does it relate to your understanding of sex, gender, and their relationship to each other?
2. If sexual orientation is proven to have any biological basis, (which could be in addition to a pyscho/social basis), what might be some of the implications for the status of sexual minorities?
3. If sexual orientation is proven to have no biological basis, what might be some of implications for the status of sexual minorities?
4. In a democratic society, what should be the relationship between legal rights and biological status? Think of some historical examples of this relationship.
5. Think of examples of individual status choices that have no biological basis but which U.S. law protects.

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PAC 404           University of Illinois at Springfield            Spring, 2008

Sexual Orientation and Public Policy:
When Worlds Collide

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